Hot cross buns are a customary offering at Easter time. Traditionally eaten on Good Friday in the UK, the commercialisation of the Christian holiday means we can also eat them many weeks before the Easter weekend.
This year, most supermarkets have released a series of hot cross buns that could be considered a crime against humanity. Waitrose offers a sticky toffee pudding flavour, M&S a Bramley apple version and Sainsbury's had some with lemon and white chocolate.
But the one I'd heard most about was from Tesco. Its red velvet version is clearly a popular choice this year considering I had to go to at least four stores to find them. In Tesco Extra on Callington Road, there were stacks of them alongside all the other abominations - triple chocolate, salted caramel and chocolate, even cheese and caramelised onion - are among the new additions to the supermarket shelves this year.
